diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.cpp
index e2ac7235f13..3c96494ba2a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 #include <qtsupport/qtversionmanager.h>
 #include <coreplugin/idocument.h>
 
+#include <qmljs/qmljsmodelmanagerinterface.h>
+
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QDebug>
@@ -243,12 +245,17 @@ void DesignDocument::loadDocument(QPlainTextEdit *edit)
             this, SIGNAL(dirtyStateChanged(bool)));
 
     m_documentTextModifier.reset(new BaseTextEditModifier(dynamic_cast<TextEditor::TextEditorWidget*>(plainTextEdit())));
+
+    connect(m_documentTextModifier.data(), &TextModifier::textChanged, this, &DesignDocument::updateQrcFiles);
+
     m_documentModel->setTextModifier(m_documentTextModifier.data());
 
     m_inFileComponentTextModifier.reset();
 
     updateFileName(Utils::FileName(), fileName());
 
+    updateQrcFiles();
+
     m_documentLoaded = true;
 }
 
@@ -277,6 +284,18 @@ void DesignDocument::changeToInFileComponentModel(ComponentTextModifier *textMod
     viewManager().attachViewsExceptRewriterAndComponetView();
 }
 
+void DesignDocument::updateQrcFiles()
+{
+    ProjectExplorer::Project *currentProject = ProjectExplorer::SessionManager::projectForFile(fileName());
+
+    if (currentProject) {
+        foreach (const QString &fileName, currentProject->files(ProjectExplorer::Project::SourceFiles)) {
+            if (fileName.endsWith(".qrc"))
+                QmlJS::ModelManagerInterface::instance()->updateQrcFile(fileName);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void DesignDocument::changeToSubComponent(const ModelNode &componentNode)
 {
     if (QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->currentDesignDocument() != this)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.h
index 8e8e18ecb4f..e7aff639533 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.h
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ private slots:
 private: // functions
     void changeToInFileComponentModel(ComponentTextModifier *textModifer);
 
+    void updateQrcFiles();
+
     QWidget *centralWidget() const;
     QString pathToQt() const;